The Book of Planet Earth by Clive Gifford - ISBN: 9781805700661
Hardcover
Uncover Earth’s secrets: from pink lakes to future challenges.
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The Book of Planet Earth

Our World in 500+ Facts and Stories

$32.16

  • Hardcover

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 2026

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Summary

How much do clouds weigh? Why are there pink lakes? What is the ‘Ring of Fire’? And was Earth really formed from the body of an ice giant?

Discover the answers to these questions and so much more in The Book of Planet Earth. Brimming with incredible facts about the extraordinary world around us, this series continuation looks at how Planet Earth works, how people thought about Earth in the past and the challenges our home faces in the future.

Covering a variety of familiar STE…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781805700661
ISBN-10:1805700669
Author:Clive Gifford, Paul Boston
Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:words & pictures
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:29 September 2026
Weight:880g
Dimensions:297mm x 250mm x 14mm
About The Author

Clive Gifford

Clive Gifford has travelled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots and flown gliders. He’s had more than 200 books published and received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colours of History (QED). Clive lives in Manchester, UK.

Paul Boston grew up in the English countryside and spent much of his time heading off into the fields and woods exploring and drawing pictures of the wildlife he found. Now, from his country hideaway in South Wales, Paul keeps himself busy illustrating books for young people on subjects including: inventions, airplanes, trains, string and anything else you care to mention.

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